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Glorious Sounds From Salzburg

By JAY NORDLINGER
August 28, 2008

The Vienna Philharmonic has no permanent conductor -- instead they have an endless string of guests. But if they did have a permanent conductor, they could do worse than Mariss Jansons, the formidable Latvian-born musician. It was he who conducted them in a concert at the Salzburg Festival last weekend.

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Ohioans in Austria

Glimmerglass Times Four (on an Elizabethan Stage)

Beethoven Vs. Beethoven at Mostly Mozart

'Don Giovanni,' Deep in the Woods

Muti Lights 'Otello' on Fire in Salzburg

Rafal Blechacz: Starry Young Lisztian

Tenors in Training: The Next Generation

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Their Gig, Their Glory

Saariaho's Take on 'Simone'

A Finnish Finish for Mostly Mozart

New York Grand Opera's 'Aida' Extravaganza

The Many Gifts of Krystian Zimerman

George Steel Leaving Columbia for Dallas Opera

 

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